Someone left a tip for Penny Century in the comments to my Peter Walker post last week. I liked them enough to pull them up out of the comments and give them a proper review. Penny Century, their name lifted from the classic Love and Rockets comic book, is a five-piece from Sweden writing stripped down, almost fragile, pop songs lead by the charming vocals of Julia Hanberg. You know how Eskimos are supposed to have 100 words for snow? I think Swedes do too. Case in point, the lyrics to “Season of Mists:” “We drove through blizzering snow / I tried to warm my hands on a cigarette-lighter.” Spring is not the time you want to be reminded of blizzering weather, but that’s life. Sometimes the worst blizzering hits in April, crushing spirits and spoiling picnics. Here’s to a strong Spring for everyone. If it gets blizzery in your neck of the woods, be sure to snuggle up with Penny Century and a cigarette lighter.
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man these guys are great. I love these songs, thanks!
I like this band a lot! Thanks for recommending them.
Christ, not another insipid, over-polished, studious, cliche from Sweden!
Don't wanna sound stupid, but I'm pretty sure their song is called "this is not my song anymore" and not "this is not my song" 😉
Myspace links barely function. Three of these four downloads didn't work. Tangled did, and I enjoyed that track.
Penny Century is today releasing Nothing Burns Like Bridges, taken from their upcoming album "Between a hundred lies", as a free downloadable single, including artwork and video. You can either do it on http://www.letterboxrecords.com or on http://www.myspace.com/pennycentury
Fantastic!
Cheers 3hive!